Box for toilet paper



0. H.- DANA ,BOX FOR TOILET PAPER.

No. 374,586. PatentedDeoQ13, 1887.

( Il'.\lil.l:)S II. DA NA, OF XVI-1.8T

LEBANON, NEW ll .\.\l ISll 1 Hi1.

BOX FOR TOlLET PAPE R.

SPECIFICATION forming :art of Letters Patent No. 374,586, dated Decenzirt: 13v 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, tlnwnuas II. inn, a citizen of the United bt ates, residing at Test Lebanon, in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Box for 'loi' .t-laper; and I do declare the followint, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let" tors and tig'nres of reference marked thereon, which i'orm a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simplebox torwa-ter-closet paper, one in which the paper iseasily inserted and held and from which one sheet at a time can be taken without drawing others with it. I

My invention consists ofdetailsoteonstruction, described below, and poiut-ed'out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. L is a like view ot'a modification. Fig. I; is a perspective view ot the back of the box shown in Fig. l.

Like letters refer to like parts.

The boxes may be made of tin or any proper material, and may be decorated as desired. They should be 01' a length and width to correspond with the paper commonly used; hutit' the paper is somewhat smaller than the boxes it will he sul'tieiently contincd. A box i'r'otn one nn-l one-half to'two inches in thickness n h t Y; 1 of pa n-r lasting" :1 ('OiiSltlcrable time, and this thickness will tnliy acconmiodate the packets of paper sold at the drugstores, do, al ready cut up; but of course the dimensions maybe varied to suit individual wishes.

A A are the sides ot the box, which may be of a thickness substantially indi 'at'ed above, and .l 13 are the ends. lhelatter are brought; over on the top of the sides sometwo inches to form guards ()l/ for holding the paper securely in the box. between the ends of the guards there is a clear opening, 0, 0t some three and.

One halt' inches; but this may be varied as de- Sclial No. l'ifLtfH, (No mo h l.)

sired. (J represents the back of the box. In Figs. 1 and ii it inclines inward from the top 50 and bottom to a central transverse depressed line and in Fig. 2 it is are shaped. lprct'er the term of back in Figs. 1 and 3, and theobject is to ause the paper to spring or press out. against the guards and into the opening both when it is inserted and as it is gradually withdrawn for use, which would not be the ease it'the back was straight. To the top of the upper end a rinegi). may be attached for hanging up the box, which. however, is equally convenient. lying on its back.

The paper is inserted in ihe'ho'x by putting in one .end of the package, liillltjlllllg up the middle and allowing the other end to spring into plaee,attcr which the papcr can easily be smoothed out or equalized by tapping on the outer sheet. The opening all'ording no resistance to the-convexity ot' the paper, each sheet will separate from the other or exert an outward spring, and when one sheet is grasped by the lingers it will not draw another with it.

It will be seen that the box is cllieicnt for the purpose intended and requires no internal mechanism.

llavin e fully described my invention. what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Jat out, is-

*1. Abox for toilet-paper,provided with sides and upper and lower t'rontguards, an opening between said guards, and a back projcct-inginwardly, substantially as shown, adapt l to causethe paper to spring out-wardcon exly against the guards and into the opening, as set forth. 1

2. A box for toilet-paper, composed ot the sides A Adhe upper and lo'wer cn'dsa'nd guards B 'b, having, an opening between ihcnrand the back 0, inclined inward from the top and bottom to a ecntial depressed transverse line, as set forth.

In testimony whcrcot" Iaffix my signature in presence 'ot' two witnesses.

(ilIAliL Ch It. DANA.

Witnesses:

J. L. 1mm, F. G. CAR sun.

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